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Towards safer mining: scientific measurement approaches that could be applied for imaging and locating the buried container lamp-room at Lily mine
2018
Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
When the crown pillar at Lily mine collapsed on 5 February 2016, a lamproom in a container on surface was engulfed in the sinkhole that formed, trapping three miners who were in the lamp-room at the time. In situations like this, it is imperative to locate and rescue the missing miners before the window of opportunity to find them alive closes. The Wits Mining Institute (WMI) at the University of the Witwatersrand was requested to assist with suggestions, and a conceptual study was undertaken
doi:10.17159/2411-9717/2018/v118n2a12
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